diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index af4491fa7e347c3059b50d6bf68d509cdb24ea5b..307d976c9b69b977c389e62abfbe43682b1d3e24 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -583,8 +583,10 @@ static int __init i2c_dev_init(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	i2c_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "i2c-dev");
-	if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev_class))
+	if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev_class)) {
+		res = PTR_ERR(i2c_dev_class);
 		goto out_unreg_chrdev;
+	}
 
 	res = i2c_add_driver(&i2cdev_driver);
 	if (res)